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manhandle

verb as in push

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They found themselves in the rare position of meeting a genuine chess celebrity, while also being manhandled by him on the board.

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“You don’t have to get treated like this, thrown on the floor and manhandled because of that.”

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A California senator was manhandled and dragged from a news conference for the sin of trying to ask a question of the Department of Homeland Security head, Kristi Noem.

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Ms Tsehai said she was manhandled and choked by four assailants who forced her into a vehicle.

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The manhandling of California Sen. Alex Padilla and his subsequent depiction by conservatives as a modern-day Pancho Villa isn’t surprising one bit.

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